00:01The party of European socialists is heading towards an internal showdown.
00:06Divisions among national delegations over migration policy is deepening in the wake of the Souter crisis
00:13in which over 72,000 people illegally crossed into the Spanish enclave from Morocco at the end of July.
00:20During the crisis, Denmark's centre-left Prime Minister Mitter Frederiksen
00:25joined Italy, Germany, Finland and Sweden in criticising Pedro Sanchez's government over its handling of the situation.
00:34Frederiksen co-led with Italy's far-right leader, Giorgia Meloni, a letter signed by 22 member states
00:40that criticised Spain's recent regularisation of around half a million migrants.
00:46In a letter sent to the party of European socialists' president earlier this week,
00:51two heavyweight MEPs from Italy and Spain accused Frederiksen of selective solidarity.
00:58They argued that Frederiksen adopted the narrative of the radical right.
01:03The Italian and Spanish delegations point out that Denmark enjoyed European solidarity
01:09during open threats from US President Donald Trump to seize the autonomous territory of Greenland.
01:16Denmark's Social Democrats' membership of the European Socialist Party is not in question.
01:22The aim is rather to find common ground on this sensitive topic.
01:26Of course, thank you.
01:29But there's the question from someone.
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